Multi-day take home projects? Seriously? Just say no that unless they are going to compensate you at contractor rate of at least $120/hour. That is a ridiculous ask, and if all engineers just said no and walked away, they would get what they deserved, only the grovelers willing to say yes.
The all day interview thing is not new. When I finally landed an onsite interview with Bell Labs in 1984, it ran from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with a break for lunch (that they provided). Every position I have interviewed with since then has been an all day affair.
Remember, interviewing is partly for skills, but mostly for attitude and personality. Are you going to fit with the team?
I pulled in a candidate back in 2000 that was clearly qualified for the job as far as skills, but in the interview, his demeanor was abrasive. He was so clearly superior to anyone else on the team, how could we have the temerity to question his abilities? It spiraled out of control and I had to escort him out of the interview after only two hours. It was awful.
None of the FAANG companies I've worked at have take home projects or multi-day interviews.
I have had multi-day and a take home project for FAANG interviews. Two actually.
Re:Laid Off, Now What?
by 908B64B197 on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @01:39PM
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These only make sense when the signal to noise ratio gets bad, ie you get too many spammy applications.
I would too even for half that but unfortunately, in Europe, lots of the fancy tech corps. are adopting the SV style mult-day take home project/on-site interview grind but only paying $65-85k/year.
I'm still thinking whether I can make it in this field till retirement(FIRE is out of the question at this pay) or if I should just change to something else while I still can.
Edit: correct statement